Cap pistol



CAP PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1922.

1 ,Q1 9,7412. Patented June 13, 1922,"

,AZvfljZZeizZj ALVAH F. LENT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CA]? PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1922.

Application filed March 3, 1922. Serial No. 540,868;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ALVAH F. LnN'r, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and tate of New Jersey has invented new and useful Improvements in Gap Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy or cap pistol for exploding paper caps wherein simplicity, strength and durability of construction are combined with an arrangement insuring safety to the operator and wherein the operation of reloading the magazine may be attained with the minimum of risk of premature discharge; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a side view of a pistol embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same.

Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sections respectively on the planes indicated by the lines 3-3 and 14: of Figure 2.

Figure is an inverted plan View of a aortion of the pistol to show the hammer lock.

Figure 6 is a detail view of one side member of the magazine.

Figure 7 is a similar view of one of the magazine cap seats.

The shell or frame of the pistol constituting the lock casing 10 and grip 11 is composed of longitudinally separable half sections secured together by transverse rivets 12 and 13, and in a suitable circular chamber lat formed at the intersection of the grip with the casing is mounted a r0- tary magazine 15 having a series of radial arms 16 which successively constitute triggers for engagement by the finger of a hand grasping the grip 11 for effecting the raising and release of the hammer 17 which is mounted upon the rivet 13 as a pivot and which is yieldingly actuated by a spring 18 tending to normally hold the'same in the full line position indicated in Figure 2.

The magazine consists of lateral spaced spiders 15, one of which is shown in Figure 6 in detail of which the arms are provided with openings 19 for the reception of lugs 20 on the side edges of the plates 21 which extend transversely between the spiders and extend from the spindle 22 thereof longitudinally of and to the outer ends of the arms 16. These plates constitute cap seat-s upon which the paper caps adapted to be discharged in the pistol are respectively placed, the capacity of the magazine so far as the number of caps which it will accommodate is concerned being determined by the number of arms with which each spider is provided (six being shown in the drawing) and the inner ends of the plates are provided with curved lips 23 disposed adjacent to the spindle as indicated in Figure 2. The lugs 20 are spread or swaged in the openings'l9 to secure the elements of the magazine in their proper positions, and the arms of the spiders are flanged inwardly as shown at 24 over the. cap seats formed by the radial plates 21 as a means of holding the caps from displacement during the turn ing of the magazine and until it is dis charged.

The hammer 17 is provided with a flat .head 25 of a width adapting it to pass beazine is turned in a step by step movement by the engagement of a linger successively with the arms thereof, that arm which is in engagement with the hammer will repress or lift it from the full line position indicated in Figure 2 to the dotted line position indicated in the same figure, thus tensioning the spring 18, and will then release the same to be impelled by its spring into contact with the cap seated on the next succeeding arm of the magazine for the purpose of causing the discharge of the cap.

It will be noted that the arm of the magazine which carries the cap thus exposed to the contact of the hammer is located within the case of the pistol and the operator is thereby protected from any splash of the cap in its discharge.

The hammer is preferably provided with an extension or retaining arm 26 projecting beyond the lower edge of the case for manual repression to expose the head of the hammer and is also arranged in the path of a detent 27 which is pivoted at 28 upon the case in position to be moved into the path of the retaining arm 26 to lock the hammer against movement during the charin of the ma 'azine the ma azine thereby being left free to be turned by the operator in positioning the caps successively in the seats thereof.

lvioreover a locking spring 29 is arranged within the case for engagement successively with the arms of the magazine to prevent the return movement thereof so that when the magazine is turned by finger power'in the act of causing the explosion of a cap it is reseated not only by the tension of the hammer spring but by the locking spring until the hammer lifting arm slips from the end of the hammer at which moment another arm thereof passes beyond the end of the lockin sorin 29 and thus holds the ma b l :3 c

azine against return movement or rotation to resist the stroke of the hammer in striking the cap seated upon that arm of the magazine following the arm by Which said hammer has been lifted.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A. toy pistol for the explosion of paper caps and'the like having a casing including a handle or grip, a revoluble magazine having radially disposed arms for successive projection within reach of a finger of the hand grasping the grip to successively serve as triggers for imparting movement to the magazine, the arms of the magazine being provided with cap seats, and a spring impelled hammer having its free end arranged in the path of movement of the several arms of the magazine for successive lifting and release thereby and for contact when released with the cap seat of the succeeding arm, and a locking spring arranged in invading relation with the path of the magazine arms to prevent retrograde movement thereof.

2. A toy pistol for the explosion of paper caps and the like having a casing including a handle or grip, a revoluble magazine having radially disposed arms for successive projection within reach of a finger of the hand grasping the grip to successively serve as triggers for imparting movement to the magazine, the arms of the magazine being provided with cap seats, and a spring impelled hammer having its free end arranged in the path of movement of the several arms of the magazine for successive lifting and release thereby and for contact when released with the cap seat of the succeeding arm, the hammer having a terminally exposed retaining arm, and a movable detent for engagement with said arm to lock the hammer in its lifted position.

3. A toy pistol for the explosion of paper caps and the like having a casing including a handle or grip, a revoluble magazine having radially disposed arms for successive projection within reach of a finger of the hand grasping the grip to successively serve as triggers for imparting movement to the magazine, the arms of the magazine being provided with cap seats, and a spring impelled hammer-having its free end arranged in the path of movement of the several arms of the 'magazine for successive lifting and release thereby and for contact when released with the cap seat of the succeeding arm, said magazine consisting of transversely spaced radially armed spiders and interposed plates spanning the intervals between and secured to said arms and forming the cap seats.

4. A toy pistol for the explosion of paper caps and the like having a casing including a handle or grip, a revoluble magazine having radially disposed arms for successive projection within reach of a finger of the hand grasping the grip to successively serve as triggers for impartin movement to the magazine, the arms of the magazine being provided with cap seats, and a spring impelled hammer having its free end arranged in the path of movement of the several arms of the magazine forsuccessive lifting and release thereby and for contact when released with the cap seat of the succeeding arm, said magazine consisting of trans versely spaced radially armed spiders and interposed plates spanning the intervals between and. secured to said arms and forming the cap seats, the arms of the spiders having inwardly directed flanges disposed in overhanging relation with said seats.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

ALVAH F. LENT. 

